The Thames Star Our Motto Fear of None; Favour to None; Justice to All. THURSDAY, APRIL 15, 1915.

Thames Star, Volume XLIX, Issue 14661, 15 April 1915, Page 4

The Thames Star Our Motto Fear of None; Favour to None; Justice to All. THURSDAY, APRIL 15, 1915.

NOTES ON CURRENT TOPICS

THfe PRUSSIAN SYSfEM

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■ . ■ .■■■{■ ;■<;;.■■..• ,Ini iam kiltleiiesitimg alutieie ;on "The Pruw-ian 1 Systtieaii." Sir W: Elamsajy, wihio has haid eixceptiomal cippcr'tdmities iw situdyiai^ 1 thiet Gtenmiain- and P'ruissiLain nitedihods, aociantiuiateis , tlie poinifi tixaih die lialfcteir.. iwaa.'-.stufpei^siedod'' al oitEieftis and 1 he .sulbmits 'tibart:; BWiain •will xetquire, to '. : deniOidrfaitisie . ; her scihio'ols, ■• eol'lietgaa,' :ain'd '.■gea.tisi "■ of., lieiarniiig of tihe ntoltiiofli ials; ia naitliom: isl" toproig|i Jess. -'Giod foirbid tihaib we sihoiiid ' emuillate tihe! iPiiiuislsilaiiisi and tlieir brutal ■ metihiodsi, Ioa" fare© appears t» ba tihe dmntiriiaiit faiatlotp. ,r.rh©,: systera" fojo£a the .ciii&en.'.thiiXMUgh. ;tlhie; eduh taitionial mill, tine sitiaaid'alild iixcrfr i&' luigih ain,d .'thjcsie whoi aire tiaifitl aire eitiifii' sorted out or civetti .kiilled < nit., lit 1 is) a system; of.'sicdenitifict, brutality naltijjoin ■exciuisisisi .itlself by .saying;, •to iltis people iais the faithfiir.says, 1 to his offistpringf, "We. laws ca^uietl only tto fe iciadi" livthiisi ntastltem ''Piiiuisisia; isi tHie acitive aigielit ;• but Geainlainiy ai» a.. whoifil hias made .tihe cboioe. The reia- [ aioni' ■ why om© mulslt! hialtle lamld 1?. alt>omni'aitie it was stown, -vety eleady uai Belgium in Aug'uisrtl 19!4, amd; is .exhibited equiaOiy cieaiiy aitill in tihe complete inability .o£ tlhe GrerahiaiiiS tib see why itihie. world prtonwuinioed' Gdn'dbmiiiai-' tiorni om' Ithiait outinage. The sy's.t€iinr is baised oai tew'^risim:. r^het first «tiag!C} .11 the aibisioirlptiionj 'of Bteilgium; w-a®, *« ■ tetr:i'oa'!.-se. it.. iFeaa."' is neicessiairy' asi libs beghiimiinig of wisdom. TEe school ■■sytie, I torn -begins .stoi. E'veryoniewho^^ hais p-aissied tha^ughi tihiet ' Gcirmian.. scihool. system knowlsi wihlalt -tihie ik-teit sitieip : *n e,dui;ia)tiioni'ia TShriougih feiar 1 the ayah ■tean wiinsiitlsi alblsoluihei dlosmiLnialtwn oiver i.ih« iniaginaitiloai amd itihie .aoiul of Gttr•mjaiiiiy. Thiereiaif'tiel' 1 t(h!ei buildling! up !s connlpilletied, andi Geatalainy, aippi^oiTing of the resiuilit, aicicieipftte. itlhlalti fitage t& inievitlaible j lit wto. iMUpieasian,^ but aiakiitlairy. The Bfelgiiainis hiad! ,to gK> throiugh the proiceislsi; and 1 it hlaidl to fciel harder, beoaiuisiei Itihie: ■gi'kDwtaj mam: EMsifc suffer more than the child! hefonet he leiaraa The mind! of tihe: cMli is aiioire. ptasltlic aih!d; dbicile. "Suffelriing is Itjaimiing:." So says the grieialtesrtl Gtfeieik tinaigeidiiiani; amid thialt is to itiba G^erma.ms tiiei .sufficient exipliainlaitdoni and jusjifi.ci;i,t4o'ii of thier Bledgi'.aai' cinime. "If only tine Bielgiains, oodlid hiaive learned wiLidcuu inwe easily, hiow much betlte; 1 i:t) would hiave beeni foir them. A whip for tiifii'hoiifeie.; ,a bridle for The ass; and a rod for fool's back'; thus spakei the Pi'eiacher," •